	<p>
		First, Jehovah foreshadows that he&apos;ll curse the Lemanites:
	</p>
	<div class="cited-quotation">
		<cite>1 Nephi 2:21, 2:23 - 2:24</cite>
		<blockquote>
			<p>
				And inasmuch as thy brethren shall rebel against thee, they shall be cut off from the presence of the Lord.
			</p>
			<p>
				For behold, in that day that they shall rebel against me, I will curse them even with a sore curse, and they shall have no power over thy seed except they shall rebel against me also.
			</p>
			<p>
				And if it so be that they rebel against me, they shall be a scourge unto thy seed, to stir them up in the ways of remembrance.
			</p>
		</blockquote>
	</div>
	<p>
		Later, Nephi sees in a vision that the seed of his brethren will become &quot;dark&quot;:
	</p>
	<div class="cited-quotation">
		<cite>1 Nephi 12:23</cite>
		<blockquote>
			<p>
				And it came to pass that I beheld, after they had dwindled in unbelief they became a dark, and loathsome, and a filthy people, full of idleness and all manner of abominations.
			</p>
		</blockquote>
	</div>
	<p>
		Finally, what has been foreshadowed comes to pass, and we see exactly what&apos;s going on:
	</p>
	<div class="cited-quotation">
		<cite>2 Nephi 5:21 - 5:25</cite>
		<blockquote>
			<p>
				And he had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a sore cursing, because of their iniquity.
				For behold, they had hardened their hearts against him, that they had become like unto a flint; wherefore, as they were white, and exceedingly fair and delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people the Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them.
			</p>
			<p>
				And thus saith the Lord God: I will cause that they shall be loathsome unto thy people, save they shall repent of their iniquities.
			</p>
			<p>
				And cursed shall be the seed of him that mixeth with their seed; for they shall be cursed even with the same cursing.
				And the Lord spake it, and it was done.
			</p>
			<p>
				And because of their cursing which was upon them they did become an idle people, full of mischief and subtlety, and did seek in the wilderness for beasts of prey.
			</p>
			<p>
				And the Lord God said unto me:
				They shall be a scourge unto thy seed, to stir them up in remembrance of me; and inasmuch as they will not remember me, and hearken unto my words, they shall scourge them even unto destruction.
			</p>
		</blockquote>
	</div>
	<p>
		This is the Mormon origin story of black people!
		This has got several layers to it.
		First of all, it&apos;s claiming that black people are the cursed descendants of a people that refused to follow Jehovah, no matter how many times Jehovah made himself known to them.
		It&apos;s pretty much a way to justify racism against Africans.
		After all, they deserve it, right?
		They&apos;re only black because they wouldn&apos;t follow the one true god!
		Next, there&apos;s a more subtle layer.
		The people are cursed to be dark-skinned to make them unenticing.
		In other words, it&apos;s calling lack people ugly.
		Next, it calls them loathsome, unless they repent.
		I&apos;m unclear on whether this repentance is supposed to turn them white again, or just make them no longer loathsome.
		If it&apos;s supposed to turn them white, it&apos;s again a justification for racism.
		I mean, if they&apos;d changed their ways, they&apos;d no longer have dark skin, right?
		And finally, the Nephites are told not to breed with the Lamenites or their offspring will suffer the same curse.
		It&apos;s a justification for segregation of the gene pool.
		We also see that black people are an idle people that engages in mischief, again claiming them to be inferior, and they&apos;re a scourge on the white people.
		Wow.
		This is just horrible.
		And people actually put their trust in this book!
	</p>
	<p>
		Later, it seems that the repentance of the blacks <strong>*is*</strong> stated to turn them white again:
	</p>
	<div class="cited-quotation">
		<cite>2 Nephi 30:6</cite>
		<blockquote>
			<p>
				And then shall they rejoice; for they shall know that it is a blessing unto them from the hand of God; and their scales of darkness shall begin to fall from their eyes; and many generations shall not pass away among them, save they shall be a white and a delightsome people.
			</p>
		</blockquote>
	</div>
	<p>
		It&apos;s also stated that the Nephites&apos; skin may be darkened because of their sins, so they might end up even darker than the Lamenites:
	</p>
	<div class="cited-quotation">
		<cite>Jacob 3:8</cite>
		<blockquote>
			<p>
				O my brethren, I fear that unless ye shall repent of your sins that their skins will be whiter than yours, when ye shall be brought with them before the throne of God.
			</p>
		</blockquote>
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